Reform of Forestry Subsidy in Switzerland

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  • ISHIZAKI Ryoko
    Department of Forest Policy and Economics, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute

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  • スイスにおける林業助成の改革
  • スイス ニ オケル リンギョウ ジョセイ ノ カイカク

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Switzerland's forestry sector, like that of Japan, has been struggling with weak competitiveness and subsidy dependence for decades. The Swiss government initiated reform of the subsidy system in the 1990s and implemented a new system in the late 2000s. Unfortunately, similar efforts to improve subsidies on forestry have not occurred in Japan. To deepen the discussion on the improvement of the subsidies for forestry in Japan, this paper examines the process and outcomes of Switzerland's subsidy system reformation on its forestry. The process of the Swiss subsidy reform on forestry was not a passive process responding to the request from financial authority, but an integrated process involving discussions on building framework and strategies for forest policy. Through discussions on the strategy for Swiss forestry, the government set the principle of subsidy for forestry and decided to no longer support those who are unable to survive in the market over the long term. The subsidies on forestry have been transformed into target-oriented subsidies, although defining the targets and deciding when to end transitional support remain points of dispute.

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